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Arragonis · 06-05-2011, 10:54 AM

I was revisiting some old car stuff I read about a few years ago, one of which was the Jensen 541/R. This had an Austin Limo engine (4 litre I6) and a quite an advanced (for the time) aero body made from glass fibre.

The interesting aspect is the grill block which could be opened and closed from the driver's seat via a lever - Closed = cd 0.36

Open = cd 0.39

These cd's aren't impressive now but this was the mid-1950s and in reality they were after MPH and not MPG although as standard this car had drum brakes so that wasn't such a clever idea... Later ones had a Chrysler V8, and disk brakes were an option which was pretty much always specified.

06-05-2011, 10:54 AM	#130 (permalink)
Arragonis The PRC. Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Elsewhere. Posts: 5,304 Thanks: 285 Thanked 536 Times in 384 Posts	I was revisiting some old car stuff I read about a few years ago, one of which was the Jensen 541/R. This had an Austin Limo engine (4 litre I6) and a quite an advanced (for the time) aero body made from glass fibre. The interesting aspect is the grill block which could be opened and closed from the driver's seat via a lever - Closed = cd 0.36 Open = cd 0.39 These cd's aren't impressive now but this was the mid-1950s and in reality they were after MPH and not MPG although as standard this car had drum brakes so that wasn't such a clever idea... Later ones had a Chrysler V8, and disk brakes were an option which was pretty much always specified. __________________ [I]So long and thanks for all the fish.[/I]